ZIP 17007 vs ZIP 17065

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17007 (Boiling Springs, PA) and ZIP 17065 (Mount Holly Springs, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17007 has a population of 5,591 at 104 people per square mile, while ZIP 17065 has 4,222 at 189 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 17007 reports a median household income of $117,130 against $86,406 in ZIP 17065, with per-capita income of $51,449 vs $33,443. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 49.7% in 17007 and 27.4% in 17065. Poverty rate reads 5.4% vs 8.5%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 3.2% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $385,600 in 17007 versus $211,300 in 17065, with median rent of $1,083 and $975 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.6% vs 74.3%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.